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Patented Oct. 31, 1882.

' NrrEn STATES JAMES N. BURTON, OF WABNERVILLE, GEORGIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,673, dated October31, 1882.

Application filed March I0, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES N. BURTON, of Warnerville, in the county ofMeriwether, and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvemeutsin Hoes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings. and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in hoes, rakes, and othersimilar garden and agricultural implements; and it has for its objectsto provide improved means whereby the blade or rake head of suchimplements may be accurately adjusted or fitted to the eyesection orshank-head and secured thereto, either permanently or detachably, asmore fully hereinafter specified.

ln implements of this class, as heretofore constructed, the eye-sectionor shank-head has been provided with a transverse shoulder and withflaring or beveled undercut sides and the blade or rake-head has beenprovided with a recess having flaring or beveled sides to correspond tothe flaring or beveled recesses in the eye-section or shank-head, andwith a transverse straight edge to fit the eye-section or shank-head; but, as heretofore constructed, the eye-section or shank-head has beenformed with a projecting lip,which sets over the blade and conceals thetransverse shoulder. In the construction of these implements the bladesare set upon the eye-section or shank-head and secured thereto by meansof a removable bolt or a stationary rivet, and in both cases it has beendifficult to adjust the blade or rake-head against the shoulder, whichis intended to prevent lateral movement, for the reason that the saidshoulder has been covered and out of sight, making it necessary to setthe blade merely by the sense of feeling without any other guide. Asthus set the blade in most instances does not abut squarely against theshoulder, resulting in the formation of a defective implement.

My invention is designed to obviate these defects, and I accomplish theobjects enumerated by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- (ModcL) Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myinvention; Fig. 2, a front view of the same; Fig. 3, a perspective viewof a modification of my invention, and Fig. 4 a view of one of theblades detached.

The letter A indicates the eye-section or shank-head of my improvedimplement,which is constructed with undercut, beveled, or flarin grecesses B at each side, and with an exposed transverse shoulder 0,against which the tranverse edge D of the blade E abuts. The plate F ofthe eye-section or shank-head is provided with an apcrture,G,fortheinsertionofascrewbolt or rivet,which is intended to be passed througha corresponding aperture in the blade.

The eye-section or shank-head, as thus constructed, is adapted toreceive and hold a variety of blades, so that it may at convenienceserve as a rake, hoe, or other implement. The detachable blades at oneedge are provided with recesses H, so as to serve as wrenches fordetaching the bolt to release the same and secure another, as required.

I am aware that a hoe-blade with'an unconcealed shoulder on the rearface has been heretofore constructed, .and this I do not seek to claim.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

J. N. BURTON.

WVitnesses:

J. J. MCCARTHY, T. W. SORAN.

